Today our paper “Perceived Self-Society Moral Discrepancies Concerning Fairness Predict Depression and Paranoid Ideation” has been accepted for publication in the journal Current Psychology.¬† This paper follows up some of our earlier work with our graduate Nurdan G√ľndońüdu.¬† Replicating that work, we found that perceiving that one’s own moral beliefs are different (not stronger, just different) to those of the larger society correlated with symptoms of depression and paranoia.¬† This is, unfortunately, more and more relevant in these days of large-scale migration and political polarisation.

Hello, today an article of mine has been formally accepted for publication in the Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology.¬† Which is nice.¬† You can find the preprint here.

The article is about why stress sometimes improves selective attention.¬† Long story short, it seems to overload your attention system, so that you can pay attention to less stuff.¬† Ironically, this can mean you pay attention to less irrelevant stuff, and get distracted less.¬† Obviously this effect only works under certain specific circumstances: you should not try to increase your stress level when studying for exams!

Hi, if you are interested in working with me for your Independent Study Project in Fall 2018, please contact me NOW.¬† Tell me your interests, your PSY303 grade, your overall GPA, and how many courses you plan to take this semester.